Keen Sword 19: Historic first JGSDF jump from USAF C-130Js in Japan By Yasuo Osakabe, 374th Airlift Wing A 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules became the first U.S. aircraft to drop Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers on Hiju-dai drop zone, Oita prefecture, Japan, Nov. 4, during exercise Keen Sword 2019. The JGSDF’s 1st Airborne …
